Chelyabinsk Court Orders House Arrest for Ex‑Sverdlovsk Vice‑Governor Oleg Chemezov

Overview

• the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk granted the investigators’ motion and released Chemezov from custody in the courtroom.
• The court set the house arrest term until February 16, according to the court’s press service.
• Chemezov is charged under Article 159 Part 4 for fraud by an organized group or on an especially large scale, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
• His lawyers reported deteriorating health in SIZO No. 7 due to inadequate food and lack of medicines, which led them to seek the medical examination.
• He is also a defendant in a Prosecutor General’s Office suit to transfer 75% of Obkommunenergo shares from SUENKO to the state, with his ex‑wife listed as a third party and under house arrest in the related case.